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Fall at the Refuge

Geese landing on Lake Redington The clear blue skies and crisp autumn air indicate that harvest season is here!  Migrant birds call out overhead and critters scurry underfoot, busily preparing for the upcoming winter, surrounded by the loveliest colors of the year.

Photographs courtesy of FWS Volunteers Joe DiGiovanni, Ed Grimes, and Steve Noyes. Photo captions indicate the photographer via initials - [jd], [eg], [sn].

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Goose Pond mirrors trees starting to show color.   [sn]
Leaves turning [sn, 2010]
Beaver lodge - Lake Redington [sn, 2010]
Snowy egret on Redington Lake  [eg]
Praying mantis  [eg]
Monarch caterpillar [jd]
Monarch chrysalis [jd]
Monarch chrysalis after about 14 days - See what's inside. [jd, 2010]
Swallowtail  [eg]
Gray Tree Frog  [jd]
Grey tree frog - able to camouflage itself by showing the color of where it sits  [eg]
Colorful mushroom  [sn]
Barred owl  [eg]
Whitetail doe [eg]
Looking across Lake Redington to the Visitor Center  [sn]
Lake Redington from causeway [sn, 2010]
Geese landing on Lake Redington [sn, 2010]
Fall leaves on North Tract path [jd, 2011]
Oaks on drive to Visitor Center  [eg]
Welcome to the Festival [eg]
North Tract Contact Station [jd]


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